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Ostrów Wielkopolski Stadium
The Ostrów Wielkopolski Municipal Stadium () is a 12,000-capacity motorcycle speedway and association football stadium in Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland. The venue is used by the speedway team TZ Ostrovia Ostrów Wielkopolski, who compete in the Team Speedway Polish Championship and the football team TP Ostrovia Ostrów Wielkopolski. History The stadium opened as the Stadium of Physical Education and Military Organisation on 24 June 1928. The speedway track measuring 500 metres was constructed between June and October 1931, with the first speedway match being held on 8 November 1931. Between 1937 and 1946 the stadium was closed because of World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo .... In 1953, the stadium underwent significant changes with earth banks being cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ostrów Wielkopolski
Ostrów Wielkopolski () (often abbreviated ''Ostrów Wlkp.'', formerly called simply ''Ostrów'', , Latin: ''Ostrovia'') is a city in west-central Poland with 70,982 inhabitants (2021), situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship; the seat of Ostrów Wielkopolski County. It is the fifth-largest city in the voivodeship after Poznań, Kalisz, Piła and Konin. It is located in the Kalisz Region in the south-eastern part of historic Greater Poland. History Early history Recently, a small fortified dwelling dating from the 10th century was discovered on the north-east side of the town's limits. An archeological excavation is now in progress. It was part of Poland since the establishment of the state in the 10th century. The oldest known mention of Ostrów comes from a document from 1293. Ostrów received town rights in 1404 but the economic stagnation caused by fires, wars, and a weak 16th-century nobility, led to the town's officials dropping its town status in 1711. Administrativel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motorcycle Speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only one gear and have no brakes. Racing takes place on a flat oval track usually consisting of soil, dirt, loosely packed shale, or crushed rock (mostly used in Australia and New Zealand). Competitors use this surface to slide their machines sideways, powersliding or broadsiding into the bends. On the straight sections of the track, the motorcycles reach speeds of up to . There are now both domestic and international competitions in a number of countries, including the Speedway World Cup, whilst the highest overall scoring individual in the Speedway Grand Prix events is pronounced the world champion. Speedway is popular in Central Europe, Central and Northern Europe and to a lesser extent in Australia and North America. A variant of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TZ Ostrovia Ostrów Wielkopolski
TZ Ostrovia Ostrów Wielkopolski formerly the Klub Motorowy Ostrów Wielkopolski are a Polish motorcycle speedway team based in Ostrów Wielkopolski. The team currently race in the 1. Liga. Stadium The Ostrów Wielkopolski Municipal Stadium () is located on ''ulica Piłsudskiego (Piłsudski street)''. It contains 12,000 seats. The track is 372 metres long and has a granite surface. The track record was made by Robert Miśkowiak (63.05 sec on 28 June 2009). History 1948 to 1959 The club competed in the inaugural 1948 Polish speedway season, under the name of Klub Motorowy Ostrów Wielkopolski and won the silver medal the following year in 1949. In 1950, the second honour came to the club, now known as Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski, when they won the bronze medal. In 1953, the speedway operation of Stal Ostrów Wlkp. moved to Świętochłowice but in 1955, the club now called Kolejarz-Stal Ostrów Wlkp. reappeared in the second division and continued as Ostrovia Ostrów Wlkp. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Team Speedway Polish Championship
The Team Speedway Polish Championship ( Polish: ''Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski, DMP'') is an annual speedway event held each year in different Polish clubs organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 1948. In 2000, the First Division was renamed Ekstraliga, and the number of teams was reduced. The team winning the league is awarded a gold medal and declared Polish Team Champions. Teams finishing second and third are awarded silver and bronze medals respectively. Previous winners See also * Polish Speedway First League * Polish Speedway Second League References {{International speedway Team A team is a group of individuals (human or non-human) working together to achieve their goal. As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to in ... 1948 establishments in Poland Sports leagues established in 1948 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TP Ostrovia Ostrów Wielkopolski
Towarzystwo Piłkarskie Ostrovia 1909 Ostrów Wielkopolski, commonly known as TP Ostrovia Ostrów Wielkopolski, is a Polish football club based in Ostrów Wielkopolski, one of the oldest still existing football club in the Greater Poland region. It currently competes in the IV liga Greater Poland IV liga Greater Poland group (grupa wielkopolska), also known as Artbud IV liga wielkopolska for sponsorship reasons, is one of the groups of IV liga, the fifth level of Polish football league system. The league was created in the 2000–01 seas ..., the fifth level of the national league system. References External links Official websiteTP Ostrovia Ostrów Wielkopolski(90minut.pl) Association football clubs established in 1909 Ostrovia Football clubs in Greater Poland Voivodeship 1909 establishments in Poland {{Poland-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks in World War II, Tanks and Air warfare of World War II, aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in history, causing World War II casualties, the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Allied-occupied Germany, Germany, Allied-occupied Austria, Austria, Occupation of Japan, Japan, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Złoty
The złoty (alternative spelling: ''zloty''; Polish: ''polski złoty'', ;The nominative plural, used for numbers ending in 2, 3 and 4 (except those in 12, 13 and 14), is ; the genitive plural, used for all other numbers, is abbreviation: zł; code: PLNPrior to 1995, code PLZ was used instead.) is the official currency and legal tender of Poland. It is subdivided into 100 '' groszy'' (''gr'').Singular: ''grosz'', alternative plural forms: ''groszy'', ''grosze''. It is the most-traded currency in Central and Eastern Europe and ranks 21st most-traded in the foreign exchange market. The word ''złoty'' is a masculine form of the Polish adjective 'golden', which closely relates with its name to the guilder, whereas the grosz subunit is based on the groschen, cognate to the English word groat. It was officially introduced to replace its interim predecessor, the Polish marka, on 28 February 1919 and began circulation in 1924. The only bodies permitted to manufacture or mint z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Speedway Under-21 World Championship
The 2007 Individual Speedway Junior World Championship was the 31st edition of the World motorcycle speedway Under-21 Championships. The title was won by Emil Sajfutdinov of Russia. Calendar - Quarter-finals - Semi-finals - Final Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final *9 September 2007 (Sunday, 7pm local time) * Municipal Stadium, Ostrów Wielkopolski *Referee: Mick Bates *Jury President:Miloslav Verner *Attendance: 14,000(plSportoweFakty.pl10 September 2007 - "14 tysięcy na finale IMŚJ w Ostrowie" (en. ''"14,000 in IJWC Final in Ostrów"'') *Best Time: 64,18 s (New Track Record) Emil Saifutdinov (9 heat) Heat after heat # (65,00) Ivanov, Risager, Kling, Kennett # (64,78) Saifutdinov, Holder, Puodzuks, Woelbert # (65,35) Pavlič, Ząbik, Bridger, Tomíček # (65,15) Hlib, Jonasson, Gutafsson, Šitera # (65,56) Risager, Šitera, Puodzuks, Tomíček # (64,28) Saifutdinov, Jonasson, Ivanov, Pavlič # (64,78) Ząbik, Hlib, Kling, Woelbert # (64,44) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
